Display apparatus



Feb. 18, 1936. R. B. LUSTIG DISPLAY APPARATUS Filed NOV. 16, 1953INVENTOR.

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Patented Feb. 18, 1936 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE v 2,030,996 msrtarAPPARATUS Ruben n. Lustig, Kansas City, Mo. Application November 16,1983, Serial No. 698,230

2 Claims.

My inventibn relates to improvements in display apparatus. It isparticularly adapted for use in the advantageous display of small bagscontaining merchandise, such as peanuts, candies and the like which aredispensed in small quantities.

One of the objects of my invention is the provision of a novel apparatusfor the display of bags of merchandise, which supports the bags, holdstheir open ends securely and tightly. closed, and displays the bags inan attractive manner.

A further object of my invention is to provide an apparatus which issimple, cheap, not likely to get out of order, and which, when not inuse can be formed into a carton enclosing the bags of merchandise.

The novel features of my invention are here-- inafter fully describedand claimed.

In the accompanying drawing which illustrates my invention,

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of my improved display apparatus shown inits display form.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation, partly broken away, of the same.

Fig. 3 is a top view of the same.

Fig. 4 is an end view of the apparatus folded to the form of a carton.

Fig. 5 is a plan view, partly broken away, of the apparatus in the formof a carton.

Fig. 6 is a plan view of the blank from which the bag supporting cartonis formed, reduced.

Fig. 7 is an enlarged view of part of the sheet, showing one of theslits having serrated edges.

Fig. 8 is a view similar to Fig. '7, showing another form of slit, forreceiving a bag.

Fig. 9 is an enlarged plan view of an open end portion of a bag foldedand ready for insertion through one of the slits in the bag supportingsheet.

Fig. 10 is an enlarged view showing a portion of the bag supportingsheet in vertical section, with the lower edge portion of one of theslits bent rearwardly, and showing in elevation the open end portion ofa bag extended through the slit.

Fig. 11 is a view similar to Fig. '10, showing the lower edge portion ofthe slit as being forced back into the plane of the sheet, so as tocompress and hold closed the upper end portion of the bag, and showingsuch end portion folded against the rear side of the sheet, where it isshown held by an overlying fastening strip attached to the rear side ofthe sheet.

Similar reference characters designate similar 66 parts in the differentviews.

1 designates the bag holding sheet of relatively stiif bendablematerial, preferably cardboard, although sheet metal, such as aluminum,brass or steel might, in some instancesbe used to advantage. 5

The sheet I is provided with slits 2, which, as shown inFigs. 1, 3, 5, 6and 7 are disposed transversely and have their opposite edges serrated,portions of one edge portion being interposed between portions of theopposite edge, as is best shown in Fig. 7.

The bags 3 to be displayed, contain the merchandise to be vended, suchas peanuts, candy, nuts, etc., and have their upper open end portionsfolded to tapering form, as best shown in 1 Fig. 9, such folded endportions being inserted rearwardly through the slits 2 respectively andthen bent downwardly, as shown in Fig. 10.

Upon the insertion of the bags through the slits, the lower edge portionof the slits are bent rearwardly out of the plane of the sheet I, asshown in Fig. 10. In my improved method of attaching the bags, the saidbent. lower edge portions of the slits, comprising the teeth 4, are,after the bags have been inserted, forced forwardly to a position inwhich opposite sides of the open end portions of the bags 3 arecompressed and crinkled and thus held tightly closed by the teeth 4, asshown in Fig. 11.

A strip 5 of flexible material, such as paper, 30 may then be extendedover the open end portions of the bags at the rear of the sheet and thestrip then glued or cemented to the rear side of the sheet I, as shownin Fig. 11, thus holding such end portions of the bags folded againstthe rear 35 side .of the sheet I, the strip 5, however, not being gluedor cemented to the bags.

The bags 3 thus attached to and supported in a hanging position on thesheet I, preferably with the upper transverse rows overlapping the 4;-next lower rows, are disposed for advantageous display, when the sheetis supported in an inclined position, as shown in Fig. 2.

For so supporting the sheet I, it is provided at its side edges withflaps 6 and I, opposite edges 45 of which converge outwardly. The flaps6 and l are bent rearwardly and then toward each other, being fastenedtogether at their rear edges by means of tongues 8 at the outer edgeofthe flap 6, which tongues are inserted through slots 9 in the flap 1adjacent to the outer edge thereof, as shown in Figs. 3 and 6.

A bag may be detached from the sheet I by merely pulling the insertedopen end portion of 55 tion is disposed.

To enable the apparatus to be formed into' a closed carton forenveloping the bags 3, for storage or shipment, the sheet I is providedat its ends respectively with end flaps l0, Figs. 2, 4 and 6, transversecreases being provided, as designated by the dotted lines II, where theflaps to Join the body I of the sheet. Intermediateoi' the creases IIand the outer ends of the flaps III are creases designated by I! in Fig.6.

Longitudinal creases are provided where the flaps 8 and I join the bodyll of the sheet, as designated by 13 on Fig. 6. Intermediate of thecreases l3 and the outer edges of the flaps 6 and I are providedlongitudinaLcreases designated by I l in P18. 6. V

To form the carton, after the bags 3 have been attached to the body lotthe sheen-the flaps 6 and I are bent forwardly along the creases l3, andthen inwardly along the creases It, so that the flap 8 overlaps theouterside of the flap 1 in which position the flaps 6 and I are fastenedtogether by inserting the hooked tongues 8 through slots l5 respectivelyprovided in the flap 1 adjacent to the crease ll therein. The end flapsID are then folded forwardly along the creases II and then inwardlyalong the creases l2, the extreme end portions of the flaps I0, thenbeing inserted at the inner side of the flap I, thus completing theclosed carton, shown in Figs. 4 and 5.

In Fig. 8, the slit, designated by I6, is of inverted U shape. Inattaching a bag 3, the open end portion is inserted through thehorizontal 2,080,996 the bag through the slit in which said endporportion of the slit l6, thelower portion of which is bent rearwardlyto permit such insertion, after which said lower portion is forced backso as to have the bag engaged at its opposite sides and held compressedand closed by the opposite edg of the slit l6.

Various modifications of my invention, within the scope of the appendedclaims, may be made without departing from the spirit of my invention.

What I claim is:-

1. A bag display apparatus comprising a sheet of relatively stlfibendable material having a slit opposite edge portions or which areserrated, the teeth of one edge being interposed between the teeth ofthe other edge, and a bag having its open end portion inserted throughsaid slit, the teeth of opposite edges of said slit being substantiallyalined with each other and holding said open end portion crinkled andtightly compressed.

2. A bag display apparatus comprising a sheet of relatively stiffbendable material having a slit opposite edge portions of which areserrated, the teeth of one edge being interposed between the teeth ofthe other edge, a bag having its open end portion inserted through saidslit and bent flatwise against said sheet, the teeth of opposite edgesof said slit being substantially aligned with each other and holdingsaid open end portion crinkled and tightly compressed, and av memberattached to said sheet and extending across and engaging and holdingsaid open end portion against said sheet.

, RUBEN B. LUSTIG.

